How To Install libscotch-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscotch-dev on Debian 9. libscotch-dev is programs and libraries for graph, mesh and hypergraph partitioning

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscotch-dev on Debian 9.

What is libscotch-dev

libscotch-dev is:

Headers and libraries package for scotch, which is a set of programs and libraries which implement the static mapping and sparse matrix reordering algorithms developed within the SCOTCH project.

There are three methods to install libscotch-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libscotch-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libscotch-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libscotch-dev

Install libscotch-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libscotch-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libscotch-dev

Install libscotch-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libscotch-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libscotch-dev

How To Uninstall libscotch-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libscotch-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libscotch-dev

Uninstall libscotch-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libscotch-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscotch-dev

Remove libscotch-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libscotch-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libscotch-dev

Remove libscotch-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libscotch-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscotch-dev

Dependencies

libscotch-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscotch-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.